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Pixar can breathe easy with Inside Out 2 earning a historic $155 million for its domestic opening weekend and $295 million globally, according to The Hollywood Reporter. While Anxiety was a new emotion introduced to the sequel to its Academy Award-winning 2015 movie, neither Disney nor Pixar is feeling that emotion. The sequel was projected […]

Disney and Marvel Studios’ Deadpool and Wolverine’s six-week tracking from The Quorum shows a $200 million to $239 million projection, Deadline exclusively reported. Even better? The service, which monitors how films will do six weeks ahead of the release, said that this is a conservative estimate. This is important because there has never been an […]

The long-awaited premiere of House of the Dragon’s second season is here. The first episode bears the title of an order, “A Son for a Son.” The introduction, for which Game of Thrones set the bar, has changed into a tapestry being embroidered. Season one opens in the forest with sparsely leafed trees and a […]

There are six new projects on Netflix this weekend for you (also me) couch potatoes to enjoy. Half are reality-based shows: one about metalwork, another about racing and one for true crime buffs. The other three have international flavors: South Korea, Indonesia and Japan. If you’re into Korean dramas, there’s Miss Night and Day. If […]

While it’s been a trend for Hollywood to adapt books into films or series, one other noticeable trend is adapting films into series. Let’s take a look at current, upcoming — and previous — television shows that started out or were more well-known as films before they graced our screens as multi-season (for most) series. […]

Now that the Taylor Swift cameo rumors have been finally put to rest (as in she’s NOT going to be in it), the internet has responded in the way the internet does. Online, sometimes the love language can be (and usually is) MEMEs. So much so that corporations have jumped on the bandwagon. Memes as […]

Dwayne Johnson and his film and TV content company founded with Dany Garcia, Seven Bucks, has recently signed a first-look deal with Diseny, Variety exclusively reported. The deal will have Seven Bucks Productions develop films for theatrical and streaming releases for The Walt Disney Company. The multi-year agreement will provide Johnson projects to star in. […]

ClutchPoints spoke with Reservation Dogs Season 3 stunt coordinator Krista Perry, who also played the Zombie Nun on the show, on how she got her start in the business, working with Lily Gladstone, and the possibility of an Academy Award category honoring stunt performers. Reservation Dogs was created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi for FX. […]

Even as Game of Thrones fans are gearing up for its prequel House of the Dragon’s season two premiere this Sunday, its creator George R.R. Martin has just announced an exciting update on a new series on his blog. He said that the Princess Nymeria prequel that had been scrapped earlier, Ten Thousand Ships, has […]

With only a day to go before Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) finally seal the deal in Bridgerton season three part two, discussions are already being had for which sibling is getting their own love story play out on screen next, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Will it be Luke Thompson’s […]

The creators of the FX hit Shōgun didn’t let their Emmys For Your Consideration celebration get in the way of teasing where the show can go for its second and third seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It was announced last month that FX and Hulu are developing two more seasons, which will effective expand […]

AMC has officially ordered a third show to join the so-called Anne Rice Immortal Universe, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Over a year after the basic cable network announced that it decided to develop The Talamasca, AMC has ordered the series from Mark Lafferty and John Lee Hancock. The network stated that the series will […]

Pixar’s chief creative officer, Pete Docter, has broken Josh O’Connor’s Ratatouille loving heart when he told TIME that the idea of remaking the studio’s animated film into live action “sort of bothers me.” However, he’s aware that bucking the trend may not work out for him, “This might bite me in the butt for saying […]

The Boys creator Eric Kripke has a thing for the number five. He recently announced on X (formerly Twitter) that the hit Prime Video show will make its bow on their fifth season. This announcement came ahead of the season four premiere on June 13, where we can see Jeffrey Dean Morgan join the cast […]

Netflix recently announced the list of orchestral covers we’ll hear when Bridgerton season three part two premieres June 13. The streaming platform’s hit historical romance series gives love (again) to Taylor Swift, this time a Regency era orchestral version of You Belong With Me. Other songs that will be getting the Bridgerton treatment are Ariana […]

Season two of House of the Dragon is just around the corner. June 16, to be exact. But if you can’t wait, here are shows you can watch and books you can read to stave off the anticipation. What to watch while waiting for House of the Dragon season 2: The Witcher (Netflix, Henry Cavill) Why? […]

Early reviews from critics are in for Pixar’s Inside Out 2 and most are overwhelmingly positive for the sequel, paying particular attention to the new emotions: Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, Ennui and Disgust. Variety’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay posted on X (formerly Twitter), “#InsideOut2 heralds Pixar back to top form. Everything from animation to story […]

On Best Friends Day, June 8, Ryan Reynolds posted the newest teaser for the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine. We got footage of the adorable Dogpool and the Giant Man headquarters. But that’s not what got the internet in a tizzy. It’s legs. Lady Deadpool’s legs, to be specific. People in the comments section began espousing […]

Ticket-selling outlet Fandango just announced that Inside Out 2 has exceeded the pre-sales number of its predecessor 2015’s Inside Out. The sequel is also the highest Pixar advance ticket pre-seller since 2019’s Toy Story 4.  The movie stars Amy Poehler (Joy), Phyllis Smith (Sadness), Lewis Black (Anger), Diane Lane (Riley’s mother, Mrs. Andersen) and Kyle […]

Knives Out director Rian Johnson recently posted a black-and-white photo of Daniel Craig in a first look of the hit franchise’s next installment, Wake Up Dead Man. Day one. #WakeUpDeadMan 📸: @rianjohnson pic.twitter.com/cyvmhDB1Fp — Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (@KnivesOut) June 10, 2024 In the photo, Craig is looking off to the […]

The Kansas City Chiefs just released the hype video for their Super Bowl LVIII ring featuring 2022 rookies cornerback George Karlaftis and defensive end Trent McDuffie, hailing, “Greatness never goes out of style.” Greatness never goes out of style. pic.twitter.com/7FTm9Psv11 — Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 10, 2024 Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Missouri native […]

While the critics have already spoken about the overwhelmingly positive response to the upcoming season two of House of the Dragon, the rest of us have yet to weigh in. Before the premiere of season two on HBO | Max, let’s talk about the details you might not remember from the first season that may […]

Welcome to the second weekend of June! Again, couch potatoes. You have three new projects to choose from this weekend… sort of. Just Friday. Netflix is just getting into the swing of things with three different kinds of viewing pleasure. If you’re more inclined to watch a Korean limited series, Hierarchy is for you, with […]

Will Smith kinda-sorta addresses the slap heard around the world in his newest film, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Variety reported. WARNING: Possible spoilers for Bad Boys: Ride or Die The Bad Boys, Miami narcotics detectives Mike Lowery (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), spend most of the movie running — either away or toward […]

Primetime Emmy Award-winner Lee Jung-jae told Entertainment Weekly that when he was cast to play a Jedi Master he focused on one thing: Star Wars. “I didn’t really want to be influenced by anything outside of the Star Wars world,” he said. What he wanted to do was delve into a galaxy far, far away […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is mulling on the possibility of including an stunt work category at the Oscars, Empire Magazine reported. There has been pressure for years now for the Academy to tangibly celebrate the work that stunt performers do for the film industry. For almost a century now, it has […]

Michael B. Jordan exclusively spoke to People Magazine about working with Will Smith in the upcoming movie I Am Legend 2. The sequel to Smith’s 2007 film was announced to be in development with the two stars attached in 2022. Jordan said that the film is “something that is in the works.” “We’re still working […]

Apple TV+’s The Morning Show is adding Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard to its fourth season, Variety reported. Cotillard will appear in the new season with stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, as well as Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie. The actress is set to star […]

The critics’ reviews are in for HBO | Max’s House of the Dragon season two. Most have overwhelmingly positive things to say about the long-awaited installment of the Game of Thrones prequel. It currently has a 90% Tomatometer ahead of its June 16 premiere. Out of 21 critic reviews, the series only had two negative ones […]

Paramount+ recently announced that it’s renewing Criminal Minds: Evolution for a third season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The renewal comes ahead of the series’, which is a continuation of CBS’ long-running crime procedural, second — but technically 17th — season. The upcoming season’s logline reads: “As the conspiracy unfolds, the BAU is met with […]

Universal Pictures is going back to school, specifically Mattel’s Monster High, as the studio and toy manufacturer team up for a movie produced by Academy Award winner Akiva Goldsman, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The American multimedia-supported fashion doll line was created by toy designer Garrett Sander, which Mattel launched in 2010. It centered around […]

Over Memorial Day weekend, filmmaker David Lynch teased his fans about a new project. The project has been unveiled as Chrystabell’s new album. The singer is the actress who played the 2018 third season known as Twin Peaks: The Return’s FBI Agent Tammy Preston, Variety reported. In the teaser video, Lynch said, “Ladies and gentlemen. […]

At the last episode of the first season of HBO | Max’s hit Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, the stage was set for an all-out familial civil war pitting Targaryens against Targaryens, Rhaenyra Targaryen’s (Emma D’Arcy) Team Black vs. Alicent Hightower’s (Olivia Cooke) Team Green. Prior to that, in a misunderstanding of […]

Tom Blyth has found his big-screen followup to his breakout role as the young Coriolanus Snow in last year’s Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in New Regency’s Watch Dogs, Deadline exclusively reported. He’ll be joining Sophie Wilde in the feature adaptation of the popular Ubisoft video game of the same name. The […]

Lionsgate recently released the trailer of the Dave Bautista-starrer The Killer’s Game. The former professional wrestler is seen fighting for his life when he goes from assassin to target. The story follows veteran hitman Joseph Flood (Bautista) trying to live his best life and romance with his lady love played by Sofia Boutella. He places […]

They say that when one door opens, another one closes. Or is that the other way around? Anyway, for fans of The Last of Us, it may be that way since they have been patiently waiting for more than a year for new episodes. However, when season two is released next year, it will will […]

Yellowstone is supposed to span seven seasons. And even though the highly anticipated part two of season five has been delayed for more than a year, it’s still happening with creator Taylor Sheridan moving forward without its star Kevin Costner who plays the patriarch, John Dutton, Screen Rant reported. However, the reported behind-the-scenes challenges between […]

Ava DuVernay had plenty to say in the 2019 Emmy-winning Netflix miniseries When They See Us about the damage done on the Central Park 5. This time around, she’s speaking out regarding the settlement reached between her and Netflix with Linda Fairstein, the former prosecutor in the case, Deadline exclusively reported. DuVernay told Deadline, “After […]

Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or winner Anora has announced its limited theatrical release for Oct. 18. Palme d’Or winner ANORA, directed by Sean Baker and starring Mikey Madison, will open in theaters on October 18th. pic.twitter.com/xRfKAqM0nb — Anora (@AnoraFilm) June 4, 2024 The film’s production studio, NEON usually launches its award-winning movies in October such […]